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InfoYogBot

This page explains how InfoYog identifies its crawler, why it may visit public websites, and how publishers can manage access.

User-Agent

InfoYogBot/1.0 (+https://infoyog.com/bot)

Who operates InfoYogBot?

InfoYogBot is operated by InfoYog, a service of Pashyaa Technologies Private Limited. It is used only for InfoYog-related product experiences and website discovery workflows.

Why does InfoYogBot visit websites?

InfoYogBot may fetch publicly available web pages, RSS feeds, and related public resources to support InfoYog experiences such as Browse categories, trending topics, and public-source discovery in app version 1.0.1 and later updates.

What InfoYogBot does not do

  • It does not log in to websites or access private account areas.
  • It does not bypass paywalls, authentication, or access controls.
  • It does not submit forms, post comments, or create accounts.
  • It does not intentionally overload websites or ignore clear blocking instructions.
  • It does not attempt to access private, restricted, or non-public content.

Crawl behavior

  • Uses an identifiable User-Agent that links to this page.
  • Respects robots.txt instructions from compliant site owners.
  • Uses reasonable request rates and backs off on errors, timeouts, repeated failures, or rate limits.
  • May use caching and conditional request headers where available.
  • May process public metadata such as URL, page title, description, visible public snippets, feed entries, and publish dates.

How to block InfoYogBot

Website owners can block InfoYogBot using robots.txt. To block it from your entire site, add: 

User-agent: InfoYogBot
Disallow: /

To block only selected paths, use path-level rules such as: 

User-agent: InfoYogBot
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /members/

Contact

For crawler questions, blocking issues, or abuse reports, contact support@infoyog.com.